Machine tool



1933- J. R. JOHNSON 1,937,408

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John R. Johnson, Rockford, Ill., assignor to The Ingersoll MillingMachine Company, Rockford, III., a. corporation of Illinois vApplication August 3, 1929. Serial No. 98am Claims.

Ihe present invention relates in general to machine tools. and hasparticular reference to an improved tool and tool head assembly which isis to provide a machine .tool which, in addition to performing certainmachining operations, will also serve the special purpose of milling theinside dimensions of die castings such as are used in the manufacture ofautomobile bodies.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a machine of theclass described which will lend itself with unusual advantage to millingthe inside dimensions of hollow objects such as above-mentioned andparticularly where the inside surfaces to be milled extend to a considerable depth within the hollow of the work piece or include difficultangular surfaces or irregularities all of which being inaccessible tocutters heretofore devised.

Another and more specific object of the invention is to provide amachine tool having a driving spindle disposed with its axis of rotationparallel to a horizontal plane through the work to be operated on and atright angles to a ram or feed screw structure which carries the tool andsuspends the same from a head or saddle assembly in which the ram ismounted for reciprocation without interrupting the drive to the tool.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a machine tool asexplained in the preceding paragraph and in which the'tool is capable ofbeing angularly adjusted throughout a radius of 360 relatively of theram or feed screw structure.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a machine tool ofthe character explained and in which the head orsaddle assembly includesa swiveled or other mounting suitable to allow for angular adjustmentsof the ram or feed screw, which carries the tool.

Other objects of the invention will appear hereinafter, the novelfeatures and combinations being set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which have beenselected to illustrate theapplication of the invention, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a millingmachine equipped with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a detail view in perspective showing one of the uses that themachine may be put to when constructed or equipped with the invention.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing still another operationthat may be performed with the invention.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view in side elevation of the tool head withpartsbroken away to show certain of the enclosed parts thereof.

Fig. 5 is a view in cross section taken on the line 55 Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 but showing the locking pindisengaged.

Fig. '1 is a vertical section taken on the line 7-7 Fig. 4. I v

Fig. 8 is a cross-section taken, on the line 8-8 Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a cross-section taken on the line 9-9 Fig. 7.

Fig. 10 is a view in side elevation and partly in section of the upperportion of the head.

Fig. 11 is an enlarged view in vertical section taken on the line 11-11Fig. 7.

Fig. 12 is an enlarged view in side elevation of the vertical feedscrew.

Fig. 13 is a view in side elevation and partly in section of a modifiedform of the invention, and

Fig. 14 is a view in section taken on the line 1414 Fig. 13.

Referring to the drawings in detail-1 represents the machine bed onwhich the work table 2 is mounted to slide upon the ways 3 between thehousings 4 and 5 of the frame. As the present illustration happens to bean adjustable rail machine, it will be noted that the housings areprovided with slides or ways 6 and 7 on which the rail 8 is adapted tobe adjusted as to height relatively of the table. The power for drivingthe tool spindles, if there be more than one, or the tool spindle, sinceonly one is shown, is derived from an electric motor and deliveredthrough the reduction gearing 9 to the short drive shaft 10, then to thevertical power shaft 11, into the feed box 12. A suitable control panel13 is arranged in front of the feed box.

Power for driving the tool spindle is taken oii the vertical shaft 11 bythe rail carried horizontal shaft 14, and the bevel gear in the gear box15' is splined on the shaft 11, so as to transmit a drive to shaft 14for any position of the rail.

According to the preferred form of the invention, the improved tool ismounted upon the rail 8, and, in order that it may be a horizontallyadjusted, the saddle 15 of the head assembly is slidably mounted uponthe horizontal ways 16 of the rail. Horizontal adjustments of the headalong the rail are provided for by the threaded shaft 1'7 which passesthrough a feed nut 18 on the saddle (see Fig. 4).

The adjacentparallel threaded shaft 19 is arranged for a second headwhich may be applied to the rail. Rotation of the shaft 1'7 in onedirection will feed the head along the rail one way and oppositerotation of the shaft will feed the head in the opposite direction. Theshaft may be power or manually rotated and a clutch lever 20 may bemanipulated to clutch. and declutch the shaft from driving relation withthe power drive in the gear box 21. The other lever 22 serves in thesame capacity on the shaft 19 when a second head is employed.

The drive for the tool is taken off the horizontal shaft 14 by the bevelgear 23 (see Fig. 4) which is splined on the shaft to establish thedrive at any position of the head. The gear 23 is in constant mesh witha mating bevel gear 24 which is] fixed to rotate with the driving gear25.

Fixed on the lower end of the cylindrical sleeve 2'7 and verticallyshiftable therewith is a driven gear 28. The sleeve is elevated andlowered to disengage and engage the gears 25 and 28 so as to control thedrive to the drive shaft 29. As best shown in Fig. 7, the sleeve 2'7 andthe drive shaft 29 are connected in driving relation through means ofthe opposed keys 30 and 31 on the in-'- side of the collar portion 32of. the sleeve seating in the keyways on the drive shaft.

The sleeve is elevated and lowered by hand lever 33 to shift the drivengear 28. The lever 33 is fulcrumed in the bracket 34 on the cover 35 ofthe head. The fulcrumed end of the lever tarminates in a fork 36 whichis in turn pivoted .as at 3'7 and 38 to tongue and groove equipped blocksegments which fit a complementary annular tongue and grooved fixture onthe outside of the collar porton 32 of the sleeve. A suitable keeper 39is provided for the handle end of the lever.

Housed within the sleeve 2'7 is a hollow feed screw or ram 40. The driveshaft projects into the hollow of this screw and is fixed againstvertical movement within the screw but free for relative angularmovement. For this purpose the screw held cap 41 on the top of the screwis made with a central opening to receive the drive shaft and the shaftis made with an annular fiange 42, which is confined between the cap 41and an annular shoulder 43 on the screw. Suitable bushings 44 areprovided between the drive shaft and the screw just below the shoulder43 and around the flange 42.

The opposite end of the drive shaft is reduced in diameter, as at 45,and is piloted in the sleeved extension 46 of the drive pinion 4'7.Since the drive shaft must drive the'pinion 4'7, it is keyed asv at 48and 49 within the bore of the sleeved extension 46 and the sleevedextension is hushed within the feed screw.

Meshing with the drive pinion 4'7 is a beveled drive gear 50 which iskeyed upon the transverse idler. shaft 51. The opposite ends of thisshaft are journalled in suitable anti-friction bearings 52 and 5.3. Alsokeyed on the idler shaft 51 coaxially of the gear 50 is a gear 54 whichis in constant mesh with a mating gear 55. The gear 55 is keyed on theintermediate reduced diameter 56 of the spindle 57. The spindle 5'7 isfashioned with other varying diameters so that, beginning with its outerend, it is stepped down with the inner end 58 terminating in thesmallest diameter. This extremity is internally threaded to receive theflanged plug which is employed to adjust the tension on the rollerbearing 60. After the prop-,-

er adjustment is made, the set screw 61 may be used to hold the same.The bearing 62 for the opposite end of the spindle is confined betweenthe annular flange 63 on the spindle and a shoulder 64 on the extension65 of the feed screw 40.

The small diameter of the spindle is externally threaded, as at 66, forthe nuts 67. The nuts are employed to hold the gear 55 in properalignment with the gear 54.

The shank 68 for the cutter 69 is mounted within the spindle 5'7 andheld againstrelative movement. The shank bolt '70 is threaded into theend of the shank with its opposite end projecting through an axial borein the plug and terminating with a flange '71 which lies flush with theplug 59, and a nut '72 is threaded to the bolt behind the flange '71.

The bearing 52 for one end of the idler shaft 51 is enclosed by a plate'73 which is attached to the back side of the extension 65 of the feedscrew. The opposite bearing 53 is enclosed by a plate 74 which isattached to the front of the feed screw extension. The back end of thespindle mounting is also enclosed by. a plate 75. Owing to thedesirability of having convenient access to the enclosed parts withinthe spindle mounting, a piece intermediate the front and back has beenremoved and an insert '76 used to fill in. The insert is held in placeby a long screw 77. i

From the foregoing it will be seen that when the lever 33 is movedoutwardly into the position shown in Fig. 4, the sleeve 27 is thrustdownwardly shifting the driven gear 28 on the lower end of the sleeveinto mesh with the gear 25, thus establishing a drive through the gears24 and 23 with the power shaft 14. Rotation of the sleeve 2'7 as aresult of this geared engagement will cause the drive shaft 29 in thehead to also rotate, which, in turn, will drive the cutter 69 throughthe gear train comprising the gears 50, 54 and 55, the latter beingkeyed on the spindle 5'7 in which the cutter shank is secured.

One of the outstanding features oft-he combination resides in themechanism for feeding the cutter toward the table during a millingoperation. With this operation it is possible to feed the cutterdownwardly into the hollow of not only one die casting or other workpiece having inside walls to mill, but it is even possible tosuperimpose several castings, one upon the other, with their insidewalls lined up, and then mill all of them with one set up. Thisoperation is fairly well shown in Fig. 2 in which the cutter is shownmilling one inside wall of the work piece A for a considerable depth. Inthis special operation; the table is stationary. In Fig. 3 the cutter isshown milling a longitudinal undercut slot or recess in the piece B. Inthis instance the elevation of the cutter is fixed and the work table isbeing fed.

These two examples of the many combinations which may be realized withthe tool do not begin to explain its possibilities; but when it isremembered that the tool may be raised and lowered by hand or power,either continuously or in progressive stages, to any elevated or loweredposition within the limits of the feed screw 40, plus the adjustabilityof the rail, and when it is further remembered that the cutter may beanguits larly adjusted, itwill be readily appreciated how be equippedwith an additional vertical head and also one or more horizontal headsso that both inside and outside operations may be performed collectivelyor selectively.

The power drive for elevating and lowering the feed screw comprises thepower shaft '18 (see Figs. 1 and 8) which is driven off the verticalshaft 78 through the gear box 21. The shaft '78 extends along the railthrough the saddle 15,

and a driving pinion 79 is splined thereon. This pinion is enclosed in acylindrical housing 80 and bushings including nut 81 serve as a suitablejournalbearing for the sleeved extensionof the pinion. Meshing with thispinion is a driven gear 82 which is fixed upon a wormshaft 83 and hasone part 84 of a dog clutch on its back face. The gear is properly setin an anti-friction bearing 85 and the worm shaft carries a worm 86which is in constant mesh with a worm gear 87 which encircles the screw40 and has internal threads meshing with the threads of the screw. Themating part 88 of the dog clutch is splined on the worm shaft so that itmay be axially moved into engagement with the part 84 to connect theshaft 83 in driving relation withthe power shaft '78 through the gears'79 and 82.

The dog clutch is actuated by an eccentric pin 89 on the end of thepintle 90, and a link motion connects the pintle with a rod 91 which issupported in front of the tool head by bracket arms 92 and 93 andcarries a hand crank 94. When it is desired to power drive the feedscrew or ram 40, the hand crank 94 is manipulated to engage the dogclutch. To disconnect the drive, the hand crank is moved in an oppositedirection.

It is, of course, understood that reversal in the direction of the feedof the screw is obtained in the feed box 12 without interfering with themain drive.

To elevate or lower the screw by hand a wrench is applied to theprojecting end 95 of the worm shaft 83.

Figs. 5 and 6 show the locking pin mechanism for holding the screwagainst rotation and, as a result, ca'usingit to feed in response to theworm drive. Referring now to Fig. '7,it will be seen that a sleeve 96encircles the screwand is keyed thereto at diametrically opposite sides97 and 98. The sleeve is enclosed by the cover part 99 and is fashionedwith a plurality of circumferentially spaced notches 100 which are madeto receive the end of a pin 101 carried by the cover part 99, The pin isprovided withquick acting threads 102 for a portion of its length whichhave a threaded engagement through the collar of the hand wheel 103. Thecollar of this hand wheel is made with a flanged end 104 which isrotatably confined in a fitting 105. Rotation of the wheel in onedirection will retract the pin and rotation in an, opposite directionwill feed it into one of the notches 100.

Normally the locking pin will be seated in one of the notches sothat thescrew will be caused to feed in response to the drive on the worm 86.However, it will be frequently necessary to change the angularity of thecutter, in which event the pin will, firstbe retracted, and with the dogclutch to the worm 86 out of. engagement, a wrench may be applied to theprojecting end 106 of the shaft 107 and the screw turned by hand tochange the angular position of the cutter.

,This shaft 10'7- carries a worm 108 which meshes with a worm gear. Thegear 109 is keyed or otherwise fixed to the sleeve 96. The end of theshaft 107 is journalled in abore 110.

Under some conditions it may be necessary to adjust the cutter at anangle which will not register any of the notches 100 with the pin 101.In this event, the worm 108 will be relied on to hold the screwagainstturning. To fortify the worm, however, and make a positive retainer outof it, a circular key 111 is fitted to the wrench hold on the projectingend 106 of the shaft. A clamp 112 is detachably fixed to the plate 113and positioned to overlap to key and thus hold the shaft againstturning.

As a still further means for holding the ram or feed screw structureagainst turning, a ring 114 encircles the ram and is fixed againstrelative rotation thereon, and an annular flange on the ring is seatedbehind an annular clamping plate 115 which carries bolts 116. By turningup on the nuts carried by the bolts 116, the clamp may be caused toclamp the ring firmly and thus resist rotation of the ram. It is, ofcourse, appreciated that the ring, while being fixed against relativerotation on the ram, does not interfere with the up and down feed of theram. In order to accurately determine the angular adjustment of the toolthroughout a radius of 360, the ring 1 114 is graduated with the gaugemarking provided on the clamp 115 to register with the graduations.

In the above description, it will be seen that the assembly andco-operative relationship of the parts provides a machine tool having adriving spindle disposed with its axis of rotation parallel to ahorizontal plane through the work to be operated on and at right anglesto a ram or feed screw structure which carries the tool and suspends thesame from a head or saddle assembly in which the ram is mounted forreciprocation without interrupting the driving to the tool.

It will be further seen that the invention also provides a machine tool,as explained in the preceding paragraph, in which the tool is capable ofbeing angularly adjusted throughout a radius of 360 relatively of theram or feed screw structure.

In Figures 13 and 14 I have shown an important modification of theinvention and in which provision is made in the heador saddle assemblyfor mounting the ram or feed screw 40 and the tool which it carries sothat it may be oscillated about a horizontal axis from a perpendicularposition as shown in full lines in Figure 14 into a position at adecided slant to the vertical such, for example, as shown by dottedlines in Figure 14.

The mounting which I prefer to employ for accomplishing this objectiveexplained in the preceding paragraph, is a swivel with the same, so

arranged as toaccount for a wide range of slantin adjustments. In theparticular embodiment of the assembly selected for illustrating theprinciple of this modification I am showing a construction which adaptsitself unusually well to the detail construction shown in Figures 1 to7.

I wish it to be understood, however, that in practice some changes willbe required in the construction of the modified form but any suchchanges need not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention asdefined by the sub-joined claims and I, therefore, do not wish to belimited to the precise embodiment shown.

In this modified form as in the other embodiment the head or saddleassembly is horizontally slidable on the rail 8 and power for drivingthe spindle is taken off the vertical shaft 11 by the rail carriedhorizontal shaft 14. Keyedon the shaft 14 within the housing 117 is abevel gear 118 (see the dotted lines in Figure 14). This bevel gear 118is in constant mesh with a companion gear 119 which is mounted on theinclined shaft .adjacent its respective ends.

120 and with the shaft journaled with freedom of rotation in theanti-friction bearings 121 and 122 Carried on the lower end of shaft 120is a bevel gear 123 which is in constant mesh with the gear 124 which isformed as an integral part of the co-axially disposed' gear 125. .Thegears 124 and 125 are mounted with freedom of rotation on a horizontalaxis upon the sleeve 126 which is formed as a part of the casting inwhich the mechanism" of the head is assembled. Suitable roller bearingsare provided for the double gears 124 and 125 and the latter is inconstant mesh with gear 127 which is mounted with its axis of rotationco-axial to the gear 125 upon a shaft 128 which in turn is ,mounted inthe journal bearing 129. Carried on the back of the gear 127 and formedintegral therewith is a bevel gear 130 which is in constant mesh with acompanion gear 131 formed as an integral part of the drive gear 132which corresponds to the gear 25 in the other embodiment as a driver forthe gear 28. Gears 131 and 132 are mounted upon the vertical stud shaft133 which is properly supported in roller bearings 134. It will thus beseen that the drive for the driven gear 28 in this modified form of theinvention is taken off the shaft 14 thru the gear system just describedand after reaching the driven gear 28 it is the same as explained forthe other form of the invention. The power drive for elevating orlowering the feed screw or ram 40 is taken off the shaft 78 insubstantially the same way as explained for the other embodiment exceptthe gear 82 is made with a longer sleeve on the end of which is arrangedone part of the dog clutch which engages the part 88 just in front ofthe worm 86. This elongated sleeve was not required in the otherembodiment. The worm 108 for manuallyrotating the ram or feed screw isthe same in this modified construction as in the first describedembodiment.

The saddle 15in this modified form is made with a plate in whichoppositely extending circular slots 135 and 136 are provided. Theseslots are made for the reception of pins or the like which are carriedby the-swivel part 137 of the assembly. To hold an adjustment, that isto say clamp the part 137 with the saddle, suitable bolts 138 areemployed.

To adjust the ram at an angle to the vertical the bolts 138, of whichthere are four, will be loosened and the head 'can then' be oscillatedinto the angular position required and the bolts 138 then tightened upto hold the adjustment. When thus oscillated the drive from the shafts14 and 78 is so arranged as to be undisturbed and in this way the drivescan be employed for any angular position of the head about its swivepoint.

While I prefer to employ the same right angle position of the tool 69relative to the ram or feed screw the tool will ordinarily be turned sothat its axis of rotation while being at right angles to the ram willalso be parallel to the rail.

From the above it will be seen that with this modified form of theinvention pieces may be milled by the tool 69 which have sides or othersurfaces disposed at a decided slant to the vertical and that byuniversal adjustments of the head it will make no difference whether theslanting surfaces to be milled are on the right hand or left hand sideof the work piece.- In fact, combining the swivel adjustments with theother adjustments which are possible with the mechanism a wide varietyof milling work can be formed and this applies also to the use of amachine for boring and drilling.

While the invention has been illustrated and its salient featuresexplained in connection with a milling machine with the tool comprisinga milling cutter, it is, of course, to be understood that I do notnecessarily confine myself to this particular adaptation of thisinvention since it has many possibilities in machining operations otherthan milling, such, for example, as boring, drilling and other instanceswhere metal is to be not only surface finished, but even perforated.

With the addition of this swivel mounting it will be seen that I haveprovided a mounting for i the tool on which it is adjustably mounted toswing about a horizontal axis, another mounting for the tool on which itis mounted to swing about a vertical axis, and means for driving thetool in all positions within the adjustable range of said mountings.

- There is still another possibility. The two mountings for the toolreferred to in the preceding paragraph may be used to advantage incombination with the ram so that the tool may be fed to and from thework in all positions within the adjustable range of said mountings andin addition thereto driven during such feeding movement and in allpositions within the adjustable range of said mountings.

Having thus described and shown an embodiment of this invention, what Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. Ina machine tool, the combination of a work table means for feeding thetable, means for holding the table stationary at will, a hori- ,zontalstructure above the work table, a tool head assembly mounted on saidstructure and horizontally movable crosswise of the table, a ram on saidhead assembly,-a drive shaft in said ram, a rotary tool carried adjacentthe lower end of said ram having a spindledisposed at an angle to theram, a gear train connecting said drive shaft with the spindle of saidtool, a power driven sleeve for imparting a drive to the drive shaft,manually controlled means for interrupting said drive imparted by saidsleeve, and means for feeding the ram up and down relatively to the headassembly without interrupting said drive for the tool.

2. The combination as set forth in claim 1 and in which means areprovided for adjusting the position of the tool throughout a workingrange of 360.

3. In a milling machine of the planer type, the combination of a framestructure, a work supporting table, means for feeding the table at will,a horizontal rail mounted for vertical movement on said frame structureabove said table, a tool saddle mounted for horizontal movement on saidrail, a swivel mounting on said saddle, a drive shaft carried by onepart of said swivel mounting, a milling cutter with its axis of rotationdisposed at an angle to said drive shaft, means for feeding the cutterup and down relatively to said 140 head, a rotary tool mounted with itsaxis of ro- 1 its axis of rotation transversely to head, a feed screwsurrounding said shaft, a

power driven sleeve surrounding said screw and having a drivingconnection with said shaft, a rotary tool mounted with its axis ofrotation transversely to said shaft and driven thereby and means forangularly adjusting the position of said tool, throughout acircumference of approximately 360.

6. In a machine tool, the combinationof a work support, a tool head, arotary tool, driven from said head, a drive shaft in said head fordriving said tool, a screw surrounding said shaft for feeding the toolrelatively of said head and a power driven sleeve surrounding saidscrewand having a splined driving connection with said drive shaft. g

'7. In a machine tool, the combination of a work support, a tool head, adrive shaft in said head, a feed screw surrounding said shaft, a powerdriven sleeve surrounding said screw and having a driving connectionwith said shaft, a, rotary tool mounted with its axis of rotationtransversely to said shaft and driven thereby and means including agraduated scale to adjust the angular position of said tool relativelyto the axis of said drive shaft.

8. A tool head for machine tools comprising a feed screw, a rotary toolcarried thereby with the axis of said screw, a feednut threaded on saidscrew, means for normally locking the feed screw against rotation, meansfor rotating the feed nut to impart a feed to said screw, means forreleasing said screw, locking means for rotating the screw to angularlyadjust the tool, and means for driving said tool.

9. A tool head for machine tools, comprising a feed screw, arotary toolcarried thereby with its axis of rotation transversely to the axis ofsaid screw, a feed nut threaded on said screw, means for normallylocking the feed screw against rotation, means for rotating the feed nutto impart a feed to said screw, means for releasing said screw, lockingmeans for rotating the screw to angularly adjust the tool, and means fordriving said tool, comprising a drive shaft surrounded by said screw, apower driven sleeve surrounding said screw and a splined drivingconnection between said drive shaft and said sleeve.

10. In a machine tool, the combination of a work support, a rotary tool,a mounting therefor, a normally non-rotatable feed screw in saidmounting for feeding said tool, a spindle for said tool mounted with itsaxis transversely to the feed screw axis, means for releasing the feedscrew for rotation to bodily move the tool about the axis of the feedscrew and means for driving the tool spindle in any position into whichit is bodily moved about the axis of the feed screw.

11. In a machine .tool, the combination of a work support, a rotarytool, a mounting therefor, ,a normally non-rotatable feed screw in saidmounting for feeding said tool, a spindle for said tool mounted with itsaxis transversely to the feed screw axis, means for releasing the feedscrew for rotation to bodily'move the tool about the axis of the feedscrew and means for driving the tool throughout the feeding range of thescrew and in any position into which it is bodily moved about the axisof the feed screw, comprising a power driven splined shaft having adriving connection with the tool spindle.

12. In a machine tool, the combination of a work support, a rotary tool,a mounting therefor, a normally non-rotatable feed screw in saidmounting for feeding said tool, a spindle for said tool mounted with itsaxis transversely to the feed screw axis, means for releasing the feedscrew for rotation to bodily move the tool about the axis of the feedscrew and means for driving the tool throughout the feeding range of thescrew and in any position into which it is bodily moved about the axisof the feed screw, comprising a power driven shaft mounted within aninternal bore in the feed screw and having driving connection with thetool spindle, and in any position in to which it is bodily moved aboutthe axis of the feed screw, comprising a power driven shaft mounted forrelative rotation within an internal bore in the feed screw and having adriving connection with the tool spindle.

13. In a machine tool, the combination of a work support, a tool forperforming an operation on work carried by said support, a feed screw onwhich said tool is mounted, a tool saddle in which said feed screw ismounted, means for feeding said screw relatively of the saddle, meansfor swinging said screw about a horizontal axis, means for angularlyadjusting the tool relatively of the feed screw and a drive for the tooloperable throughout the swinging and feeding range of the feed screw andthroughout the adjustable range of the tool relatively of the feedscrew.

14. In a machine tool head, a ram, means for feeding the ram relativelyof the head, means for holding said ram against turning movement toeffect said feed, a rotary tool carried by the ram with its axis ofrotation disposed at an angle to the ram, means for releasing said ram.for turning movement to adjust the position of the tool about the axisof the ram and means for maintaining a drive for the tool throughout thefeeding range of the ram and throughout the adjustable'range of the toolabout the axis of the ram.

15. In a machine tool head, a ram, means for feeding the ram relativelyof the head, a rotary tool, a mounting on said ram for holding theturning movement to change the position of the tool about the axis ofthe ram and means for maintaining a drive for the tool throughout thefeeding range of the ram and throughout the adjustable range of the toolabout the axis of the ram, comprising a tool spindle mounted co-axiallyof the ram, a tool shank for the tool, gearing connecting said spindlewith said shank, and a power driven sleeve surrounding the ram having asplined driving connection with said spindle.

16. In a machine tool head, a ram, an internally threaded worm engagingsaid ram, means for holding said ram against turning movement to feedthe same by said worm, a rotary tool carried by the ram with its axis ofrotation disposed at an angle to the ram, means for releasing said ramfor turning movement to adjust the position of the tool about the axisof the ram and means for maintaining a drive for the tool throughout thefeeding range of the ram and throughout the adiustalfle range of thetool about the axis of the ram, comprising a tool spindle mountedco-axially of the ram, 9. tool shank for the tool gearing connectingsaid spindle with said shank, and a power driven sleeve surrounding theram having a. splined driving connection with said spindle. v

17. In a machine tool head, a ram, a rotary tool carried by the ram,with its axis of rotation disposed at an angle to the axis of the ram,means for feeding the ram relatively of the head, means holding said ramagainst turning movement to effect said feed, means for releasing theram for turning movement for adjusting the tool throughout apredetermined working range and means for driving the tool throughoutsaid working range. 7

18. In a machine tool head, a tool spindle, a ram, a rotary tool carriedby the ram and connected in driving relation with said spindle at anangle thereto, means for feeding the ram. relatively of the head, meansfor maintaining the driving relation between the spindle and tool duringsaid feed, means holding said ram against turning movement to eiiectsaid feed, means for releasing the ramfor turning movement to change theangularity of the tool and means for maintaining the driving relationbetween the spindle and tool throughout the angularly adjustable rangeof the tool.

19. A machine tool comprising an axially mov able ram, a tool unit,carried by the ram at right angles thereto, a head in which the axiallymovable ram is mounted for relative feeding movement, a power drive forfeeding the ram, a hand drive for feeding the ram when the power driveis disconnected, and clamp means for angularly adjusting the tool unitrelative to the ram in an infinite number of positions about the axis ofthe ram.

20. A machine tool having, in combination, a supporting head, anelongated tubular member mounted on said head for axial movement, a toolspindle extending'transversely of said memher at one end thereof andmounted thereon for angular adjustment about the longitudinal axis ofthe member, a shaft extending through said member and having aconnection with said spindle for driving the same in all positions ofsaid angular adjustment, means normally holding said spindle in itsadiusted'position and releasable to permit of angular adiustment of saidspindle, a power driven rotary feed element on said head, and mechanismconnecting said element and said member in all angular positions ofadjustment of said spindle and operable to convert the rotary motion ofsaid element into reciprocatory motion of said member.

JOEY R. JOHNSON.

